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if hostages not returned by inauguration<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-1ce406e3=\"\">President-elect Trump once again reiterated that &#8220;all Hell will break out&#8221; if the hostages are not returned by the time he enters office, as Steve Witkoff, his envoy to the Mideast, heads for another round of cease-fire negotiations in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<div class=\"article-gating gated-overlay\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-gating-title\">Join Fox News for access to this content<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gating-subtitle\">Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account &#8211; free of charge.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal tablet-desktop\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/terms-of-use\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a>, which includes our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/privacy-policy#fi\" target=\"_blank\">Notice of Financial Incentive<\/a>.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"message error hide\"><span>Please enter a valid email address.<\/span><\/div>\n<form class=\"article-gating-form\"><input placeholder=\"Enter your email\" name=\"gate-email\" type=\"email\" disabled required=\"required\" class=\"article-gating-input\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gating-legal mobile\">By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News&#8217; 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Click here.<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">President-elect Trump reiterated that &#8220;all hell will break out&#8221; if the hostages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">still held in Gaza<\/a> have not been freed by the time he enters office in two weeks on Jan. 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Trump was asked about the threats he first levied in early December at the Hamas terrorist organization that has continued to hold some 96 hostages, only 50 of whom are still assessed to be alive, including three Americans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All hell will break out,&#8221; Trump said, speaking alongside Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East and who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/qatar-returns-hamas-israel-negotiations-trump-envoy-looks-make-inroads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">begun participating in cease-fire negotiations<\/a> alongside the Biden administration and leaders from Egypt, Qatar, Israel and Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/343\/192\/hostages-split-photo-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/686\/384\/hostages-split-photo-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/672\/378\/hostages-split-photo-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1344\/756\/hostages-split-photo-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/931\/523\/hostages-split-photo-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1862\/1046\/hostages-split-photo-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/720\/405\/hostages-split-photo-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1440\/810\/hostages-split-photo-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1200\/675\/hostages-split-photo-1.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"US hostages in Gaza\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span><\/span> <span>(Seven American hostages are being held in Gaza. From left, Edan Alexander, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Keith Siegel, Omer Neutra, Judi Weinstein Haggai, Gadi Haggai and Itay Chen, of whom three are still believed to be alive.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pardons-israel-domestic-terrorism-more-bidens-remaining-plans-final-days-presidency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PARDONS, ISRAEL, DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND MORE: BIDEN&#8217;S PLANS FOR FINAL DAYS OF PRESIDENCY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If those hostages aren&#8217;t back \u2013 I don&#8217;t want to hurt your negotiation \u2013 if they&#8217;re not back by the time I get into office, all hell will break out in the Middle East,&#8221; he added in reference to Witkoff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump again refused to detail what this would mean for Hamas and the Trump transition team has not detailed for Fox News Digital what sort of action the president-elect might take.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In response to a reporter who pressed him on his meaning, Trump said, &#8220;Do I have to define it for you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have to say any more, but that&#8217;s what it is,&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/343\/192\/trumpmar.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/686\/384\/trumpmar.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/672\/378\/trumpmar.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1344\/756\/trumpmar.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/931\/523\/trumpmar.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1862\/1046\/trumpmar.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/720\/405\/trumpmar.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1440\/810\/trumpmar.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1200\/675\/trumpmar.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Trump speaking\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President-elect Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Jan. 7, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Reuters\/Carlos Barria)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/israeli-pm-office-denies-reports-hamas-has-list-hostages-release-event-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ISRAELI PM OFFICE DENIES REPORTS THAT HAMAS FORWARDED LIST OF HOSTAGES TO RELEASE IN EVENT OF DEAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Witkoff said he would be heading to the Middle East either Tuesday night or Wednesday to continue cease-fire negotiations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the weeks leading up to the Christmas and Hanukkah holidays, there was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/wife-us-hostage-keith-siegel-holiday-miracle-we-need-get-them-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">renewed sense of optimism<\/a> that a cease-fire could finally be on the horizon after a series of talks over the prior 14 months had not only failed to bring the hostages home, but saw a mounting number of hostages killed in captivity. Once again, though, no deal was pushed through before the New Year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After nearly 460 days since the hostages were first taken in Gaza in the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, Witkoff appeared to be holding onto hope that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/jake-sullivan-says-netanyahu-ready-do-deal-hamas-said-concede-israel-cease-fire-demands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a deal could be secured<\/a> in the near future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/343\/192\/stev.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/686\/384\/stev.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/672\/378\/stev.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1344\/756\/stev.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/931\/523\/stev.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1862\/1046\/stev.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/720\/405\/stev.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1440\/810\/stev.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1200\/675\/stev.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Steve Witkoff\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Steve Witkoff, speaks during a campaign event for former President Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, on Oct. 27, 2024.<\/span> <span>(Adam Gray\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"cultivate-embed\" data-question-id=\"758\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I think that we&#8217;ve had some really great progress. And I&#8217;m really hopeful that by the inaugural, we&#8217;ll have some good things to announce on behalf of the president,&#8221; Witkoff told reporters. &#8220;I actually believe that we&#8217;re working in tandem in a really good way. But it&#8217;s the president \u2013 his reputation, the things that he has said that are driving this negotiation and so, hopefully, it&#8217;ll all work out and we&#8217;ll save some lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the roughly 50 people believed to be alive and in Hamas captivity, the terrorist group is believed to be holding at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/a-year-in-captivity-faces-of-97-hostages-who-still-havent-returned-home-to-israel-13225839#item-15-panel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">least 38 who were taken hostage<\/a>\u00a0and then killed while in captivity, as well as at least seven who are believed to have been killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and then taken into Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Caitlin McFall is a Reporter at Fox News Digital covering Politics, U.S. and World news.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-topics\">\n<div class=\"topics\">\n<h2 class=\"title\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/presidential\/trump-transition\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"world_article_related_topics_1_trump_transition\">Trump Transition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/israel\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"world_article_related_topics_2_israel\">Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/terrorism\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"world_article_related_topics_3_terrorism\">Terrorism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/foreign-policy\/middle-east\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"world_article_related_topics_4_middle_east\">Middle East<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"world_article_related_topics_5_worldwide_conflicts\">Worldwide Conflicts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Trump reinforces &#8216;all hell will break out&#8217; if hostages not returned by inauguration President-elect Trump once again reiterated that &#8220;all Hell will break out&#8221; if the hostages are not returned by the time he enters office, as Steve Witkoff, his envoy to the Mideast, heads for another round of cease-fire negotiations in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22607,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20257\/revisions\/22607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}